Press
Publishers' kind permission enables us to attach the following documents.
Mistranslations owe to the Ensemble Choir SPERA.
- 17 March, 2015. NBC Radio, Moningu Sapuri.
Koji Oguchi and Hajime Akiyama talked about the significance of our performance in Nagasaki with Ms. Yuki Tomonari, an announcer of NBC Radio, and our song was broadcasted.
- 25 December, 2014. The Christ Weekly. p.5
Koji Oguchi, choir director, was interviewed. He talks about concerts for the 150th Anniversary of the Discovery of Japanese Christians, his passion for the Discovery of Japanese Christians and his view on mission. His passion for singing with the Ensemble Choir SPERA is also mentioned.
You can read a part of the interview from here (in Japanese).
- 24 May, 2014. The Christ Weekly. p.1
"Pursueing Christian mission through Christian choral music -Interview of Koji Oguchi with his ten years anniversary of conducting activity-" (Japanese, tentative translation)
Koji Oguchi was interviewed after he has conducted for ten years. He talked about choir conducting, his faith in Catholic, etc. He also mentioned Rikkyo Niiza Choir Joint Concert -OGUCHI Koji, The 10th Anniversary of Choral Director Activity-, which the Ensemble Choir SPERA has performed on 22 March, 2014.
- 25 April, 2014. Seikokai Shimbun. p.2
"To sing is to pray -Rikkyo Niiza Choir Concert-" (Japanese, tentative translation)
Rikkyo Niiza Choir Joint Concert -OGUCHI Koji, The 10th Anniversary of Choral Director Activity-, that the Ensemble Choir SPERA has performed on 22 March, 2014 and SPERA's music in the concert were introduced.
